Historical and biographical sketches / by Samuel W. Pennypacker.

  • Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker
Date:
1883
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Credit: Historical and biographical sketches / by Samuel W. Pennypacker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    «xtracted whatever, during the course of about thirteen years, relates to the o]! den Graeffs. 1696. The 3d day of the 9th month, before the per- sons constituting this Court of Record, proclamation was made and the overseers of the fences did present as in- sufficient the fence of Hermann op den Graeff, Abraham ■op den Graefl', Isaac Jacobs, Johannes Pottinger, Lenert Arets and Reinert Tyson. The 6th day of the 9th month, after proclamation, the overseers of the fences being appointed to appear be- fore this Court, did present as yet insufficient the fence of Hermann op den Graeff, Abraham op den GraefT, Isaac Jacobs and Johannes Pottinger. James de la Plaine, Coroner, brought into this court the names of the jury which he summoned the 24th d;iy of 4th month, 1701, viz. : Thomas Williams, foreman ; Peter Keurlis, Hermann op den Graefl, Reiner Peters, Peter Shoemaker, Reiner Tyson, Peter Brown, John Um- stat, Thomas Potts, Reiner Hermans, Dirk Johnson, Her- mann Tunes. Their verdict was as followeth : We, the jury, find that through carelessness the cart and the lime killed tlie man ; the wheel wounded his back and head, and it killed him. 1700-1. The 7th day of the 9th month, Abraham op de Graeff and Peter Keurlis were sent for to answer the complaints made against their children by Daniel Palckner and Johannes Jawert, but the said Abraham op de Graeff being not well and Peter Keurlis gone to Philadelphia, this matter was left to the next session. 20th of 11th month, 1701. The sheriff complains against Abraham op de Graeff's son Jacob, for having taken a horse out of his custody. The said Jacob an- swers that he brought the horse thither again. The Court fined him half a crown, besides what his iuther ]4
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